The 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada, gets underway this Thursday, June 11, 2026, marking the end of the four-year wait and the start of over a month of riveting football action.
Here is the complete schedule for the opening matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, featuring the opening day fixtures alongside the games scheduled for the first Saturday and Sunday of the tournament.
Times are in East African time.
Opening Day Fixtures
The tournament officially kicks off on Thursday, June 11, 2026, with co-hosts Mexico welcoming South Africa in the curtain-raiser in what will be a repeat of the 2010 opener in which the latter hosted the Mexicans.
Sunday Fixtures
The action continues on Sunday, June 14, 2026, highlighted by former world champions Germany and the Netherlands entering the tournament. The four-time winners who last lifted the World Cup in 2014 will face Curacao in their opening match at 8:00 pm in Houston, Texas.
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